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Off-centered Ball Resolution Through Multi-hole Process Plate Implementation at Wirebond Process

J. Pulido, F. R. Gomez & E. Graycochea Jr. · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

With the continuous trend of new technologies in semiconductor manufacturing assembly, challenges and issues are unavoidable. This paper presents the modification and improvement done on the process plate design to eliminate the bouncing effect of the silicon die that leads to of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i717340

Maximizing the Process Capability of Singulation Machine by Dual Work Piece Cutting on Circular Tape Frame

Mariane Mendoza, Maria Virginia Buera & Frederick Ray Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

Tape saw singulation is the process where a strip was mounted on the tape attached on the frame and then sawn into single units. Circular tape saw singulation only caters one panel of the two-paneled strip which was found to be consuming with the machine capacity and resources. D...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i717341

Proactive Verification of Strip Y-Index to Mitigate Gross Misaligned Cut due to Mismatched Unit Pitching

Maria Virginia S. Buera, Mariane A. Mendoza & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

Shopfloor practices that when the first cut line was aligned with the hairline, actual blade cut, and saw street of the strip, the succeeding cut lines will automatically follow with the same alignment. Considering various factors that affect the condition of the strip, it was re...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i717337

Geo-spatial Analysis of Farmland Affected by 2020 Flooding of River Rima, Northwestern Nigeria

Abdullahi Muktar, Sadiq A. Yelwa, Muhammad Tayyib Bello & Wali Elekwachi · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

The flooding of River Rima is an annual issue affecting farmland located within the floodplains. This phenomena causes loss of farm produce and mass destruction of buildings, including roads and bridges in the area. Estimating the farmland affected by the flood will help the poli...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i717338

Occupational Health and Safety Management System and Organizational Performance in Selected Industries in Cross River State, Nigeria

U. K. Okeke, E. O. Nwaichi & J. N. Ugbebor · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

The study adopted qualitative research design to examine Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) implementation and organizational performance of Food/ Beverage and Building/Construction industries in Cross River State, Nigeria. Three companies from each category...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i717336

Development of a Simpler but Accurate Free Gas Deviation Factor for Fractured (Dual-Porosity) Volumetric Gas Reservoir Fluid

A. J. Alawode & O. A. Falode · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

Gas compressibility factor, also known as gas deviation factor or Z-factor, is a thermodynamic correction factor which describes the deviation of a real gas from ideal gas behaviour. The, free gas Z-factor in the Material Balance Equation (MBE) of single-porosity gas reservoirs w...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i617331

Improved Die Attribute Recognition via Colored Glass Wafer

Alyssa Grace Gablan, Jerome Dinglasan & Frederick Ray Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

The rise of various Wafer technologies has been developed based on industries and applications requirement. Highest quality of material characterization is complex and requires specialized process equipment and manufacturing procedures to meet defined design standards. The paper...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i617332

Hybrid Based Artificial Intellegence Short –Term Load Forecasting

Kayode O. Adebunmi, Temilola M. Adepoju, Gafari A. Adepoju & Akeem O. Bisiriyu · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

Electrical power load forecasting, which forms a key element in the power industry's electricity preparation, is used for providing required data for day-to-day system management activities and power utility unit participation. Since the statistical method is a linear model, and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i617330

A Robust Approach of Maintaining Epoxy Position on Die Attach Process of Tapeless QFN Packages

Jerome J. Dinglasan, Leandro D. Saria & Frederick Ray I. Gomez · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

Epoxy quality contributes a great role in defining quality products of quad flat no lead multi row packages. In dealing with certain problems related to epoxy position shift caused by unoptimized design, innovation on the dispenser module is considered and focused at. This paper...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i617333

Biochemical Composition of Chlorella vulgaris Grown on Sugarcane Molasses

I. Saidu, G. O. Abu, O. Akaranta, F. O. Chukwuma, S. Vijayalakshmi & J. Ranjitha · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

The quest for green and sustainable biofuel to serve as alternative to the conventional fossil fuel have remained a grey area in biotechnology. The Chlorella vulgaris was isolated from the African Regional Aquacultural Centre Aluu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Sugarcane Molasses modif...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i617334

Effect of Silicon Die Condition on the Breaking Load Performance of a Dam and Fill Semiconductor Package

Jefferson Talledo · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

A semiconductor package has a silicon die on which an integrated circuit (IC) is fabricated. The die is singulated from a single wafer using processes like mechanical sawing or laser grooving. These processes have impact on the final condition of the silicon die after wafer singu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i617328

Investigating the Effect of Metal Inert Gas Welding Parameters on AA10119 Mild Steel Quality by Taguchi Method

Jephthah A. Ikimi, Aigbovbiosa A. Momodu & Erhuvwu Totore · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

In welding, the quality of welded joints is greatly influenced by the welding process parameters. Thus, in order to achieve a good weld quality, there is exigency to select the right welding process parameters. The focus of this study is to investigate the effect of Metal Inert G...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i617327

Augmented Sidewall Topology Simulation of Semiconductor Die

Rennier Rodriguez, Frederick Ray Gomez & Edwin Graycochea Jr. · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

The paper presents a modified design for wafer level semiconductor devices, using a CAD (computer-aided design) tool for visualization. The discussion provides a specialized manufacturing flow for the augmented die design through advanced wafer fabrication method and wafer cuttin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i617329

Conceptualized Improvement on Transparent Glass Die for a Robust Manufacturing Process

Jerome J. Dinglasan, Frederick Ray I. Gomez & Alyssa Grace S. Gablan · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2021

Glass die are one of the materials used by semiconductor plants during production of specialized quad-flat no-leads (QFN) products. With its transparent appearance and fragile characteristics, several challenges are encountered and analyzed to resolve unwanted issues and to have...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2021/v20i617326